Cosmologist PANKAJ S JOSHI writes that M K GANDHI was not against science only its misuse He conducted scientific experiments in his quest for truthAldous Huxley was among the first to brand M K Gandh ...

In 1954, there was also a very brief dalliance with a zip fly named 501z (the signature button fly is an original feature, as ...

A “shrink it and pink it” approach has often been used to adapt products for women. But these reimagined objects challenge an ...

A Dundalk-based company which invented the world’s first disposable 100pc compostable towels has had its pioneering work recognised internationally.

July 7, 1928 - Sliced bread first sold A Missouri bakery became the first to sell pre-sliced bread using a machine invented by Iowa native Otto Frederick Rohwedder.

This machine was first made in 1813, and from 1841, it was capable of making lace with pattern, net, and outline. Finding one is extremely unusual because the cost of producing one is not ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is a very early example of the ...

From crank wheels to battlefield chaos, the journey to the first true machine gun is full of twists.

Team Fortress 2 's Mann vs Machine mode will soon receive a "much-needed update", developers Valve have announced in a whimsical blog post. Both the blog post and the venerable bot-fighting mode ...

That's when Winton came up with a revolutionary idea: Why not haul the cars inside a bigger car? By 1899, Winton created and sold what is now recognized as the first semi-truck.